Drew Barrymore was only 7 when she made 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,' and she still counts director Steven Spielberg as one of the best parental figures of her life.

More than four decades after the release of Steven Spielberg's classic, many ET fans only recently discovered who was behind ...

Many movies earned hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office during the 1980s, but 'ET the Extra-Terrestrial' took ...

Earlier this week, Spielberg opened up about how ET was inspired by his parents’ divorce. Read The Independent ’s deep-dive into the making of the film for its 40th anniversary last year, here.

Spielberg’s first decade closed out with the 1982 sci-fi family drama “ E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,” which starred a young Henry Thomas as a kid who befriends and then helps an odd little ...

Steven Spielberg Says He ‘Felt Very Helpless’ Over Child Star Drew Barrymore’s Home Life During ‘E.T.’ "I could only kind of be a consigliere to her," Spielberg said of the child star.

Drew Barrymore recently described Steven Spielberg — whom she met on the set of her feature film debut E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial — as the “only person” to be a “parental figure” to ...

Director Steven Spielberg admitted on Tuesday that he regrets changing his famous film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial to adapt to modern sensitivities. “That was a mistake. I never should have done ...

Famed director Steven Spielberg admitted to mistakes while arguing that old media artworks ought to be preserved, not revised to appease modern sensitivities. “That was a mistake,” Spielberg ...

Spielberg: The First 10 Years explores the acclaimed filmmaker's early pictures. (Courtesy Insight Editions) For the record, Bouzereau is also a character in the book, after a fashion.

Spielberg also recalled not wanting to ruin the movie magic for Barrymore, who wondered why there were so many people around E.T. “I didn’t want to burst the bubble,” Spielberg said.

Steven Spielberg is looking back on removing guns from “E.T.” The Oscar-winning director revealed during a master class at the Time 100 Summit that he regrets editing out guns from the 20th ...